I wrote for @liberalcurrents.com about this exact strategy when imagining what a YIMBY Zohran administration could look like. Very exciting to see him actually doing it!
Sam
New Yorkers need affordable homes. New Yorkers need great public libraries.
So we're building both.
Today, we took the next step toward creating a brand-new library and more than 200 affordable homes at the New Utrecht Library site in Brooklyn. Because public land should serve the public.